Huawei’s next wide-folding phone is almost here, and the Huawei Pura X Max price may be doing the talking. The Pura X Max and Collector’s Edition are due on April 20, and a new leak says the standard model could start above 10,000 yuan, which would make it materially more expensive than last year’s Pura X.
That puts Huawei in familiar territory: chasing premium foldable buyers who want big screens, fresh software, and a brand badge that still carries weight in China. The catch is that foldables are no longer the novelty tax they once were, so a higher price has to be justified with more than a shiny hinge.
Huawei Pura X Max price leak
According to one Chinese tipster, the Pura X Max will start above 10,000 yuan, or around $1,465. Another tipster appears to point in the same direction, putting the launch price in the same 10,000 yuan range. By comparison, the earlier Pura X arrived at 7,499 yuan, roughly $1,097, so the jump is hard to miss.
Huawei may be leaning on the usual premium-foldable playbook here: charge more, then pad the value story with bigger displays, newer software, and better cameras. Samsung and other foldable rivals have been pushing prices up too, but Huawei’s domestic fanbase gives it a little more room to test how much pain buyers will tolerate.
Expected specs for the Pura X Max
The leaked hardware list is more encouraging than the price. The Pura X Max is said to pack a battery above 6,000mAh, launch with HarmonyOS 6.1, and use a Kirin 9030 chip, while the Collector’s Edition could step up to a Kirin 9030 Pro. Huawei has not confirmed either chipset.
- Battery: over 6,000mAh
- Software: HarmonyOS 6.1
- Chipset: Kirin 9030, with Kirin 9030 Pro for Collector’s Edition
- Display: 7.6-inch internal screen
- Camera: periscope telephoto lens with XMAGE imaging
Colors and the wider Pura X family
Huawei is also expected to sell the phone in Midnight Black, Zero White, Interstellar Blue, Olive Gold, and Vibrant Orange. That mix suggests the company still wants the Pura X Max to feel more fashion-forward than technical-industrial, which is exactly how you sell a foldable to people who care about both specs and peacocking.
The bigger story is that Huawei has momentum here. The earlier Pura X reportedly crossed 1.5 million shipments, which gives the company a decent argument for pushing further upmarket. If the leak holds, the real question on April 20 will not be whether Huawei can build another foldable – it can – but how many buyers will pay well north of 10,000 yuan for one.